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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.03 Delayed birth certificate; contents.
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Any birth certificate filed one year or more after the date of birth shall be marked Delayed and shall show on the face of the certificate the date of the delayed registration. A summary statement of the evidence submitted in support of the delayed registration shall be listed on…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.04 Delayed birth certificate; persons applying.
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In order to request the issuance of a certificate of delayed birth registration, the applicant shall be at least eighteen years of age. If the applicant is not yet eighteen years of age, application may be made only by the applicant's father, mother, guardian, or attendant at bir…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.05 Delayed birth certificate; application; fee; records required.
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Each application for a certificate of delayed birth registration shall be accompanied by the fees required by subsection (1) of section 71-617.15 and three independent supporting records as provided in section 71-617.06, only one of which may be an affidavit of personal recollect…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.06 Delayed birth certificate; independent supporting records; enumerated.
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Independent supporting records shall include, but not be limited to, original records or certified or notarized copies of: (1) A recorded certificate of baptism performed under age four; (2) An insurance policy application personal history sheet; (3) A federal census record; (4) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.07 Refusal to issue delayed birth certificate; reasons; appeal.
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If an applicant for a certificate of delayed birth registration fails to submit the minimum documentation required for the delayed registration or if the department has reasonable cause to question the validity or adequacy of either the applicant's sworn statement or the document…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.08 Delayed birth certificate; denial; appeal; procedure.
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(1) If a delayed certificate of birth is denied by the department, a petition signed and sworn to by the petitioner may be filed with the county court of Lancaster County, of the county of the petitioner's residence, or of the county in which the birth is claimed to have occurred…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.09 Delayed birth certificate; petition; accompanying documents.
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A statement of the department indicating why a delayed certificate of birth was not issued and registered and all documentary evidence which was submitted to the department in support of such registration shall accompany a petition filed under section 71-617.08.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.10 Delayed birth certificate; hearing; notice; witnesses.
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The court shall fix a time and place for a hearing upon a petition filed under section 71-617.08 and shall give the department ten calendar days' notice of such hearing. Authorized representatives of the department may appear and testify in the proceeding.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.11 Delayed birth certificate; hearing; findings; order; contents.
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If the court finds from the evidence presented that the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this state, it shall make findings as to the place and date of birth, parentage, and such other findings as the case may require and shall issue an order o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.12 Delayed birth certificate; court order; clerk of the court; duties.
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The clerk of the court shall forward any order made under section 71-617.11 to the department not later than the tenth day of the calendar month following the month in which it was entered. The order shall be registered by the department and shall constitute the certificate of bi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.13 Delayed birth certificate; department; duties.
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The department shall certify on a delayed registration of birth that no other record of the birth is on file with the department.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-617.15 Delayed birth certificate; fees.
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(1) The department shall charge and collect the same fee as prescribed in subsection (1) of section 71-612 when an application for a delayed birth certificate is filed. All such fees shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Health and Human Services Cash Fund. T…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 71-6201 to 71-6229 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6202 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act is to establish guidelines for the regulation of health professions which are not licensed or regulated and those licensed or regulated health professions which seek to change their scope of practice. The Legislatur…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6203 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 71-6204 to 71-6220.01 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6204 Applicant group, defined.
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Applicant group shall mean any health professional group or organization, any individual, or any other interested party which proposes that any health professional group not previously regulated be regulated by the division or which proposes to change the scope of practice of a r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6205 Board, defined.
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Board shall mean the State Board of Health.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6206 Certificate or certification, defined.
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Certificate or certification shall mean a voluntary process by which a statutory regulatory entity grants recognition to an individual who has met certain prerequisite qualifications specified by such regulatory entity and who may assume or use certified in the title or designati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6206.01 Chairperson, defined.
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Chairperson shall mean the chairperson of the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6207 Committee, defined.
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Committee shall mean the technical committee created in section 71-6224.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6207.01 Credentialing, defined.
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Credentialing shall mean the process of regulating health professions by means of registration, certification, or licensure.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6207.02 Directed review, defined.
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Directed review shall mean a review conducted pursuant to section 71-6223.02 in which (1) there is no applicant group or application, (2) the duty of the committee is to formulate an initial proposal on the issues subject to review, and (3) the duty of the board and the director …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6208 Director, defined.
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Director shall mean the Director of Public Health of the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6208.01 Division, defined.
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Division shall mean the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6209 Grandfather clause, defined.
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Grandfather clause shall mean a provision in a regulatory statute applicable to practitioners actively engaged in the regulated health profession prior to the effective date of the regulatory statute which exempts the practitioners from meeting the prerequisite qualifications set…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6210 Health profession, defined.
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Health profession shall mean a vocation involving health services, health-related services, or environmental services requiring specialized knowledge and training. Health profession does not include the vocation of duly recognized members of the clergy acting in their ministerial…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6211 Health professional group not previously regulated, defined.
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Health professional group not previously regulated shall mean those persons or groups who are not currently licensed or otherwise regulated under the Uniform Credentialing Act, who are determined by the director to be qualified by training, education, or experience to perform the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6212 Inspection, defined.
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Inspection shall mean the periodic examination of practitioners by a state agency in order to ascertain whether the practitioner's occupation is being carried out in a manner consistent with the public health, safety, and welfare.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6213 License, licensing, or licensure, defined.
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License, licensing, or licensure shall mean permission to engage in a health profession which would otherwise be unlawful in this state in the absence of such permission and which is granted to individuals who meet prerequisite qualifications and allows them to perform prescribed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6214 Professional license, defined.
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Professional license shall mean an individual nontransferable authorization to work in a health profession based on qualifications which include graduation from an accredited or approved program and acceptable performance on a qualifying examination or series of examinations.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6215 Practitioner, defined.
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Practitioner shall mean an individual who has achieved knowledge and skill by the practice of a specified health profession and is actively engaged in such profession.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6216 Public member, defined.
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Public member shall mean an individual who is not, and never was, a member of the health profession being regulated, the spouse of a member, or an individual who does not have and never has had a material financial interest in the health profession being regulated or an activity …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6217 Registration, defined.
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Registration shall mean the formal notification which, prior to rendering services, a practitioner submits to a state agency setting forth the name and address of the practitioner, the location, nature, and operation of the health activity to be practiced, and such other informat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6218 Regulated health professions, defined.
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Regulated health professions shall mean those persons or groups who are currently licensed or otherwise regulated under the Uniform Credentialing Act, who are qualified by training, education, or experience to perform the functions prescribed in this section, and whose principal …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6219 Regulatory entity, defined.
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Regulatory entity shall mean any board, commission, agency, division, or other unit or subunit of state government which regulates one or more professions, occupations, industries, businesses, or other endeavors in this state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6219.01 Review body, defined.
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Review body shall mean the committee, the board, or the director charged with reviewing applications for new credentialing or change in scope of practice.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6220 State agency, defined.
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State agency shall include every state office, department, board, commission, regulatory entity, and agency of the state and, when provided specifically by law to be a state agency for purposes of this section, programs and activities involving less than the full responsibility o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6220.01 Welfare, defined.
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Welfare shall include the ability of the public to achieve ready access to high quality health care services at reasonable costs.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6221 Regulation of health profession; change in scope of practice; when.
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(1) A health profession shall be regulated by the state only when: (a) Unregulated practice can clearly harm or endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the public; (b) Regulation of the health profession does not impose significant new economic hardship on the public, signific…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6222 Least restrictive method of regulation; how implemented.
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After evaluating the criteria in sections 71-6221 to 71-6223 and considering governmental and societal costs and benefits, if the Legislature finds that it is necessary to regulate a health profession not previously regulated by law, the least restrictive alternative method of re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6223 Letter of intent; application; contents.
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(1) An applicant group shall submit a letter of intent to file an application to the director on forms prescribed by the director. The letter of intent shall identify the applicant group, the proposed regulation or change in scope of practice sought, and information sufficient fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6223.01 Application fee; disposition; waiver.
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Each application shall be accompanied by an application fee of five hundred dollars to be submitted at the time the letter of intent is filed. The division shall remit all application fees to the State Treasurer for credit to the Professional and Occupational Credentialing Cash F…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6223.02 Directed review; initiation; procedure; report.
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At any time the director and the chairperson may initiate a directed review or the chairperson in consultation with the members of the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature may initiate a directed review. The purpose of a directed review is to determine the advis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6224 Technical committee; appointment; membership; meetings; duties.
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(1) The director with the advice of the board shall appoint an appropriate technical committee to examine and investigate each application. The committee shall consist of six appointed members and one member of the board designated by the board who shall serve as chairperson of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6225 Board; review technical committee report; report to director.
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The board shall receive reports from the technical committees and shall meet to review and discuss each report. The board shall apply the criteria established in sections 71-6221 to 71-6223 and compile its own report, including its findings and recommendations, and submit such re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6226 Director; prepare final report; recommendations.
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(1) After receiving and considering reports from the committee or the board, the director shall prepare a final report for the Legislature. The final report shall include copies of the committee report and the board report, if any, but the director shall not be bound by the findi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6227 Rules and regulations; professional and clerical services; expenses.
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(1) The director may, with the advice of the board, adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act. (2) The director shall provide all necessary professional and clerical services to assist the committees and th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-6229 Act, how construed.
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Nothing in the Nebraska Regulation of Health Professions Act shall apply to the practice of the religious tenets of any recognized church or religious denomination which includes healing solely by spiritual means through prayer.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-626 Adoptive birth certificate; adoption decree; court; report of adoption; contents.
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(1) For each adoption of a Nebraska-born or foreign-born person decreed by any court of this state, the court shall require the preparation of a report of adoption on a form prescribed and furnished by the department. The report shall (a) include the original name, date, and plac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-626.01 Adopted person; new birth certificate; conditions; contents; rules and regulations.
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(1) The department shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in the State of Nebraska whenever it receives any of the following: (a) A report of adoption as provided in section 71-626 on a form supplied by the department or a certified copy of the decree of ado…